Residentials present a unique set of challenges for special schools, but these need not be seen as barriers to taking young people on overnight trips. A group of schools participating in Learning Away have developed a suite of resources to show how they planned, delivered and evaluated brilliant residentials. Find out more at www.learningaway.org.uk/resources/special-needs Visual timetables enable students to express their preferences for activities, meals and friendship groups and proved to be a great success. This visual timetable was developed by a student at Sanderson High School.